#brain fry

[mumblelard]

reverse graffiti or saving the world one couch nap at a time

after a long, tediously uncomfortable weekend, i finally realized that basement brain had decided the correct response to current circumstances was to activate the physical and emotional symptoms of early acute withdrawal. on reflection, this is a pretty funny callback, and reveals a witty side of basement brain that i had never noticed before. after i recognized what was going on, it all went away like nothing ever happened and i fell much better now

i would say that i gave basement brain the idea, having developed a week long mania for a playlist named "retro prom." a list full of songs that i would first heard a few decades ago. songs that i would have only listened to ambiently and never deliberately. songs perfectly placed to push long dormant buttons of personality. then i realized that retro prom was probably his doing too, and he had been setting me up for a bit of misery for a while

[ultraviolencegaming]

sorry this is a ruiner account now 

[mumblelard]

last night in the middle of the night, i woke up, and my mind raced headlong into a surprise, depths of darkness panic attack. i was able to stop the loop by walking myself through this month's memory board instead. when i made it to the end of the board, i let myself peek back at the frozen loop, to see what was behind it all, and there was nothing there but the panic. i think my brain had decided to have a panic attack about not having had a panic attack in a while

[mumblelard]

a coldie from the gas station and some cheese fries or happy tuesday imaginary constructs

i woke up too early this morning in the middle of a conversation with a girl i thought i knew thirty years ago and i couldn't get back to sleep and i ate an egg sandwich and drank way too much coffee and a day happened and i rarely drink alcohol anymore but finishing this beer is the first time all day that my brain hasn't felt like it was dipped in battery acid or sometimes self medication works i guess

[greggyour]

AI overuse could spark "brain fry," new research finds

Researchers from Boston Consulting Group and UC Riverside have coined the term “brain fry” to describe a kind of mental exhaustion that comes from overusing or managing too many AI tools at once, especially among early adopters and high performers who are most eager to experiment with them. In a survey of 1,488 full-time U.S. workers, 14% of those using AI reported this AI-related mental fatigue—described as a buzzing feeling, brain fog, slower decision-making, more mistakes, and even headaches that sometimes forced people to step away from work and return later with a clearer head. The researchers frame that 14% not as a trivial minority but as a warning sign, especially as more employers mandate AI usage and even bake it into performance expectations, unintentionally nudging people toward overuse.

Brain fry is distinct from burnout, which is linked to chronic workplace stress and cynicism about work, but it can still carry serious costs: more errors, decision fatigue, and a greater desire to quit. The article argues that AI can help reduce overload when it’s used to automate tedious, repetitive tasks, but employers need to be intentional about how they roll out AI, setting realistic expectations and guardrails so the technology lightens the cognitive load rather than amplifies it.

Why it matters: You need to frame AI not just as an efficiency booster, but as a cognitive load issue—helping leaders set clear norms so “use AI more” doesn’t quietly become “think less clearly and quit sooner.”

Examine the nature of the effects of AI

[kawaoneechan]

I wonder if you can't, instead of throwing the player back out, approach this by interrupting the player's movement instead?

Checking if the movement would collide before updating position, then either approaching as close as permitted or just cancelling the attempt to move that frame?

Might be jank but it would probably work?

That was the plan¹, but then I lost sight on how to do that.

(¹: it should actually halve your movement and push away the other villager but that's close enough.)

[mushbop]

can't decide what to name my sim. might just need to make it a zest legacy even tho she isn't even a zest. but i made him hot. so maybe. maybe. maybe.

[a-random-nerd]

I ams who I ams and I isn’t who I isn’t